IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE
November 21, 2006
Contact: Scott Soldat, Director
Phone: (602) 542-5565
Email: ssoldat@azskillsusa.org
Able, Inc. Supports Future Workforce
Able Information Technologies gives financial and in-kind support for hundreds of SkillsUSA members.
While continuing a long tradition of supporting SkillsUSA—Arizona’s annual computer maintenance competition, Able has also stepped-up to sponsor conferences, provide planning assistance and secure high level leadership speakers on behalf of the career and technical student organization.
Able’s latest challenge was to help SkillsUSA—Arizona develop a leadership camp that exceeded student and teacher expectations and lived-up to the high standards of founder and president, Brandon Ames. The camp will be November 29-December 1 and is designed to reflect leadership and employability skills that employers expect in people entering the workforce. The culture of the fifty person technology company includes the importance of giving back to the education community. SkillsUSA has provided many different types of opportunities for Able employees to get involved. Able employees have given workshops, judged competitions and Ames even personally spends all three days at SkillsUSA’s camp.
The SkillsUSA—Arizona Leadership Training Camp is the non-profit’s annual showcase student and teacher training event. Held in a beautiful log cabin setting in Prescott, Arizona, this leadership camp will focus on entrepreneurship, project and change management. According to Scott Soldat, Director, “The planning committee has taken team-building to a whole new level for our students and teachers. I like to call it team-building on steroids. We can’t wait for the students and teachers to experience the sessions we have planned.”
SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers and industry, working together, to ensure America has a skilled workforce. SkillsUSA is a national organization for students enrolled in trade, technical, service and health care occupation education. The organization promotes pride in work and lifelong education. SkillsUSA emphasizes respect for the dignity of work, high standards in trade ethics, workmanship, scholarship and safety. It promotes the understanding of the free enterprise system and encourages the practice of democratic policies.
Scott Soldat
Director
SkillsUSA
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